Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving
which was maybe ~80-100 people — is down to just two people after layoffs today.... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Here's the first official communication from Twitter's new leadership to its staff, a we...
An in-depth look at how Figma, a browser-based collaborative design tool, has found success, as it seeks to become a platform by building out a plugin ecosystem
Companies are a sequencing of loops. While it's possible to stumble into an initial core loop that works … Tweets: @dickc , @kevinakwok , @joulee , @seldo , @brettbivens , @noelsequeira , @vcshekhar ...
A look at Etsy's turnaround since Josh Silverman became CEO in 2017, largely focused on improving basic parts of the user experience, like search and shipping
When you type the term “bike jersey” into the search field at Etsy.com, most of the results you get are, in fact, bike jerseys. Tweets: @dickc , @jstrauss , @joshk , and @wexboy_value Tweets: Dick Cos...
Patreon says it now has 1M monthly active paying patrons and 50K active creators, both doubling YoY, and is on track to pay out $150M to creators in 2017
Patreon's novel idea of fans just directly paying the artists they love is having its hockey stick moment. Tweets: @dickc and @joshconstine See also Mediagazer Tweets: Dick Costolo / @dickc : Kudos to...
Twitter Improves Ads By Acquiring TellApart, Selling Them Through Google's DoubleClick
Twitter's financial results … Ameet Ranadive / The Twitter Blog : New measurement and buying tools through DoubleClick coming soon Yamini Gupta / DoubleClick Advertiser : Promoted Tweets coming to Dou...